Weareinterestedintheweatherbecauseit_______ussodirectly—whatwewear,whatwedoandevenhowwefeel.

We are interested in the weather because it _______ us so directly—what we wear, what we do and even how we feel.

If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get ________.

A good worker in a key spot could, so _______ as he kept up production, take all the coffee breaks he wanted.

The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______ .